موجود

Arabic

Root
و ج د (w-j-d)

Etymology

Derived from the passive participle of وَجَدَ (wajada, “to appear”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maw.d͡ʒuːd/

Adjective

مَوْجُود • (mawjūd) (feminine مَوْجُودَة (mawjūda), masculine plural مَوْجُودُونَ (mawjūdūna), feminine plural مَوْجُودَات (mawjūdāt))

1. existing
2. available
3. found

Declension

Declension of adjective مَوْجُود (mawjūd)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مَوْجُود mawjūd	الْمَوْجُود al-mawjūd	مَوْجُودَة mawjūda	الْمَوْجُودَة al-mawjūda
Nominative	مَوْجُودٌ mawjūdun	الْمَوْجُودُ al-mawjūdu	مَوْجُودَةٌ mawjūdatun	الْمَوْجُودَةُ al-mawjūdatu
Accusative	مَوْجُودًا mawjūdan	الْمَوْجُودَ al-mawjūda	مَوْجُودَةً mawjūdatan	الْمَوْجُودَةَ al-mawjūdata
Genitive	مَوْجُودٍ mawjūdin	الْمَوْجُودِ al-mawjūdi	مَوْجُودَةٍ mawjūdatin	الْمَوْجُودَةِ al-mawjūdati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مَوْجُودَيْن mawjūdayn	الْمَوْجُودَيْن al-mawjūdayn	مَوْجُودَتَيْن mawjūdatayn	الْمَوْجُودَتَيْن al-mawjūdatayn
Nominative	مَوْجُودَانِ mawjūdāni	الْمَوْجُودَانِ al-mawjūdāni	مَوْجُودَتَانِ mawjūdatāni	الْمَوْجُودَتَانِ al-mawjūdatāni
Accusative	مَوْجُودَيْنِ mawjūdayni	الْمَوْجُودَيْنِ al-mawjūdayni	مَوْجُودَتَيْنِ mawjūdatayni	الْمَوْجُودَتَيْنِ al-mawjūdatayni
Genitive	مَوْجُودَيْنِ mawjūdayni	الْمَوْجُودَيْنِ al-mawjūdayni	مَوْجُودَتَيْنِ mawjūdatayni	الْمَوْجُودَتَيْنِ al-mawjūdatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مَوْجُودِين mawjūdīn	الْمَوْجُودِين al-mawjūdīn	مَوْجُودَات mawjūdāt	الْمَوْجُودَات al-mawjūdāt
Nominative	مَوْجُودُونَ mawjūdūna	الْمَوْجُودُونَ al-mawjūdūna	مَوْجُودَاتٌ mawjūdātun	الْمَوْجُودَاتُ al-mawjūdātu
Accusative	مَوْجُودِينَ mawjūdīna	الْمَوْجُودِينَ al-mawjūdīna	مَوْجُودَاتٍ mawjūdātin	الْمَوْجُودَاتِ al-mawjūdāti
Genitive	مَوْجُودِينَ mawjūdīna	الْمَوْجُودِينَ al-mawjūdīna	مَوْجُودَاتٍ mawjūdātin	الْمَوْجُودَاتِ al-mawjūdāti

Antonyms

• مَعْدُوم (maʕdūm)

Descendants

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: mövcud / мөвҹуд (“available, existing”)
• → Bengali: মজুদ (mojud)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: मौजूद (maujūd, “available; present”)

  Urdu: موجود (maujūd, “available; present”)

  • Phalura: mauǰúd

• → Kazakh: мәужүт (mäujüt, “available, existing”)
• → Northern Kurdish: mewcûd (“available, existing”)
• → Ottoman Turkish: موجود (mevcud, “available, existing”)
  • Turkish: mevcut
• → Persian: موجود (mojud, “available, existing”)
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਮੌਜੂਦ (maujūd, “present; available”)

  Shahmukhi script: موجود (maujūd, “available; present”)

• → Uzbek: mavjud / мавжуд (mavjud, “available, existing”)
• → Uyghur: مەۋجۇت (mewjut)

Azerbaijani

Adjective

موجود

1. Arabic spelling of mövcud

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic مَوْجُود (mawjūd).

Adjective

موجود • (mevcud)

1. available
2. existing

Descendants

• Turkish: mevcut

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَوْجُود (mawjūd).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [maw.ˈd͡ʒuːð]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäw.d͡ʒúːd̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäw.d͡ʒúːd̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mäw.d͡ʒúːd̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mäw.d͡ʒúd̪̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mow.d͡ʒúːd̪̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mäw.d͡ʒúd̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	mawjūḏ
Dari reading?	mawjūd
Iranian reading?	mowjud
Tajik reading?	mavjud

Noun

موجود • (mowjud) (plural موجودات (mowjudât))

1. being

Adjective

موجود • (mowjud)

1. existing
2. available
   • c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 219”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]‎^[1]:

     بود که مجلس حافظ به یمن تربیتش
     هر آنچه می‌طلبد جمله باشدش موجود

     buwad ki majlis-i hāfiz ba yumn-i tartīb-aš
     har ān-či mē-talabad jumla bāšad-aš mawjūd

     By the blessing of his poetic arrangements, may it be that in Ḥāfiẓ's assembly,
     All that he is seeking becomes available to him.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Derived terms

• موجودی (mowjudi)

 

South Levantine Arabic

Root
و ج د
1 term

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic مَوْجُود (mawjūd).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maw.ʒuːd/, [mawˈʒuːd]

• Audio (Ramallah):

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Adjective

موجود • (mawjūd) (feminine موجودة (mawjūd), masculine plural موجودين (mawjūdīn))

1. present (in the immediate vicinity)
2. existing

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مَوجُود (mawjūd), itself from Arabic مَوْجُود (mawjūd), from the Arabic root و ج د (w j d).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /mɔː.d͡ʒuːd̪/
• (Punjabic Urdu) IPA^(key): /mə.d͡ʒuːd̪/
• Rhymes: -uːd̪
• Hyphenation: مَو‧جُود

Adjective

مَوجُود • (maujūd) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling मौजूद)

1. (literally) existing
2. present (ie. in attendance)

   Synonym: حاضِر (ḥāẓir)

3. (formal) alive (as opposed to dead)

   Synonyms: زندہ (zinda), حَیَات (hayāt)

4. (figuratively) ready, willing

   Synonym: تیار (tayyār)

5. available, obtainable

   Synonym: دَسْتِیاب (dastiyāb)

6. current (in relation to time – present; in the moment)
7. (rare) possessing, possessive

Derived terms

Derived terms

• مَوجُودَہ (maujūda)
• مَوجُودْگی (maujūdgī)

Further reading

• “موجود”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “موجود”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “موجود”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.